The paper analyses representation oral literature in reading literature for subject teaching. The reading literature were analyzed from the list of lectures for the subject teaching wich are prescribed by the elmentary school curriculum. Purpose of the paper is analyse reading literature of croatian authors wich are based on oral literary elements or they have oral literary elements. The conclusion were made on the basis of motifs, themes, characters or oral forms. First part of paper refers on oral literature, her terrm, history, genres and species. Since the papir is about analyse of reading literature for subject teaching, in second part of paper they are briefly separated the most important facts related to reading literature acording to the curriculum. Third part of paper deals with research on topic Oral literary elements in the lecturese of the subject teaching. It comes to the cognition that oral literature is represented in each class in at least three literary works per class, and is mostly represended in prose. From oral forms, most ofen are the legends wich are mostly incorporated in novels or tales. The most common motifs are motifs of wich and fairies.